Using the tools of performance studies, gender theory, and cultural history, Brenda Foley explores the striking similarities between beauty pageantry and striptease. For example, women in both project a 'normal' femininity and adhere to a strict hierarchy (Miss America contestants look down upon Miss Universe contestants, while theatrical 'burlesque artists' saw themselves as far above mere carnival strippers). Undressed for Success collects extensive primary source research - newspapers, journals, trade publications, photography collections, press releases, memoirs, and interviews with both strippers and pageant contestants - and employs a wide array of gender, feminist, and performance theory to analyze them.
| ISBN: | 9781403969934 |
| Publication date: | 1st September 2005 |
| Author: | Brenda Foley |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 231 pages |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History |
| Genres: |
Social and cultural history Gender studies, gender groups Theatre studies Dance History of Performing Arts Performing arts |
Using the tools of performance studies, gender theory, and cultural history, Brenda Foley explores the striking similarities between beauty pageantry and striptease. For example, women in both project a 'normal' femininity and adhere to a strict hierarchy (Miss America contestants look down upon Miss Universe contestants, while theatrical 'burlesque artists' saw themselves as far above mere carnival strippers). Undressed for Success collects extensive primary source research - newspapers, journals, trade publications, photography collections, press releases, memoirs, and interviews with both strippers and pageant contestants - and employs a wide array of gender, feminist, and performance theory to analyze them.
Undressed for Success features in the following genres: Social and cultural history, Gender studies, gender groups, Theatre studies, Dance, History of Performing Arts, Performing arts
Undressed for Success is available in Hardback
Undressed for Success was written by Brenda Foley and published by Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan US
Undressed for Success has 231 pages
Yes it is part of Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History series
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